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Working Papers

2009

1. A Theory of Outsourcing and Wage Decline
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Economies of Density versus Natural Advantage: Crop Choice on the Back Forty
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2008

3. Monopoly and the Incentive to Innovate When Adoption Involves Switchover Disruptions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2007

5. Dynamics of Union Organizations: A Look at Gross Flows in the LORS Files
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2006

6. Geographic Spillover of Unionism
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2004

7. The Dynamics of Unionizing Establishments: A Learning Theory and Some Evidence
   2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2003

8. A Theory of Factor Allocation and Plant Size
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2003) View citations

2002

9. Do Mergers Lead to Monopoly in the Long Run? Results from the Dominant Firm Model
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2000) View citations
10. Geographic concentration and establishment size: analysis in an alternative economic geography model
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Geography (2004)
11. The home market and the pattern of trade: round three
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations
    Also in Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2002) View citations
12. The role of cities: evidence from the placement of sales offices
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations

1999

13. Bar codes lead to frequent deliveries and superstores
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (2001)

1998

14. A gain from trade: more research, less obstruction
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

1996

15. How industries migrate when agglomeration economies are important
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (1999)
16. Step-by-step migration to efficient agglomerations
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
17. The effects of state policies on the location of industry: evidence from state borders
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations

1995

18. Localization of industry and vertical disintegration
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1999)

1994

19. Resistance to technology and trade between areas
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations

1993

20. The Effect of temporary Import Protection on Future Prices
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems

1992

21. On the Turnover of Business Firms and Business Managers
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1995)

1991

22. Measuring Small Business Dynamics when Business Age and Managerial Tenure can be Separately Identified
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems

1990

23. ADVANCE-PURCHASE DISCOUNTS AND MONOPOLY ALLOCATION OF CAPACITY
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1993)
24. THE EFFICIENCY OF ADVANCE-PURSHASE DISCOUNTS IN THE PRESENCE OF INFLEXIBLE PRICES
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems

1989

25. PRICE FLOORS: A WELFARE ANALYSIS IN A MODEL OF DOMINANT- FIRM PRICING
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems

1988

26. A THEORY OF ENTERPRENEURSHIP AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF BUSINESS TRANSFERS
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1990)

Journal Articles

2005

1. Does home market size matter for the pattern of trade?
   Journal of International Economics, 2005, 65, (2), 489-505 View citations

2004

2. EconomicDynamics Interviews Thomas Holmes on Dynamic Economic Geography
   EconomicDynamics Newsletter, 2004, 6, (1)
3. Geographic concentration and establishment size: analysis in an alternative economic geography model
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2004, 4, (3), 227-250 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)
4. Mergers and the Evolution of Industry Concentration: Results from the Dominant-Firm Model
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2004, 35, (3), 561-582 View citations
5. Step-by-step Migrations
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2004, 7, (1), 52-68 View citations

2002

6. Geographic Concentration and Establishment Scale
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002, 84, (4), 682-690 View citations

2001

7. A gain from trade: From unproductive to productive entrepreneurship
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2001, 47, (2), 417-446 View citations
8. Bar Codes Lead to Frequent Deliveries and Superstores
   RAND Journal of Economics, 2001, 32, (4), 708-25 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

9. How Industries Migrate When Agglomeration Economies Are Important
   Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 45, (2), 240-263 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1996)
10. Localization Of Industry And Vertical Disintegration
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 81, (2), 314-325 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)
11. Scale of Local Production and City Size
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 317-320 View citations

1998

12. The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing: Evidence from State Borders
    Journal of Political Economy, 1998, 106, (4), 667-705 View citations

1996

13. Can consumers benefit from a policy limiting the market share of a dominant firm?
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1996, 14, (3), 365-387 View citations
14. Managerial Tenure, Business Age, and Small Business Turnover
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1996, 14, (1), 79-99 View citations
15. Nonresponse Bias and Business Turnover Rates: The Case of the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1996, 14, (2), 231-41 View citations

1995

16. On the Turnover of Business Firms and Business Managers
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (5), 1005-38 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1993

17. Advance-Purchase Discounts and Monopoly Allocation of Capacity
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (1), 135-46 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1992

18. The efficiency of advance-purchase discounts in the presence of aggregate demand uncertainty
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1992, 10, (3), 413-437 View citations

1990

19. A Theory of Entrepreneurship and Its Application to the Study of Business Transfers
    Journal of Political Economy, 1990, 98, (2), 265-94 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1988)
20. Consumer Investment in Product-Specific Capital: The Monopoly Case
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (3), 789-801 View citations

1989

21. The Effects of Third-Degree Price Discrimination in Oligopoly
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (1), 244-50 View citations

Chapters

2007

1. Cities as Six-By-Six-Mile Squares: Zipf’s Law?
   A chapter in The Economics of Agglomeration, 2007 View citations